Shrimp committee to meet

Sunday

The Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will meet this week in Morehead City.

The Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will meet this week in Morehead City.

The meeting begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, 3505 Arendell St.

The committee will discuss gear modifications in North Carolina shrimp trawls to reduce finfish bycatch and effort management for bycatch reduction in the North Carolina shrimp fishery.

According to the meeting notice, the committee will not discuss a recent petition for rulemaking that proposes reclassifying most internal coastal waters as secondary nursery areas.

All four advisory committees will meet jointly July 30 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center to discuss the petition for rulemaking. The primary effect of the proposed rule would be to halt shrimp trawling in the state’s inshore waters.

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